Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has welcomed Electoral Commission confirmation it is investigating money paid by Mid and East Antrim Council to sponsor a table at a DUP constituency dinner. DUP MP Ian Paisley hosted the event at the Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena last September, at which Environment Secretary Michael Gove was guest speaker. […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said people will not accept higher taxes to fund the health service while gross inefficiencies in the system remain. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after the suggestion by former Chief Executive of the Health and Social Care Board John Compton, who said the only way to tackle […]
Alliance has selected local activist Chris McCaw to fill the party’s seat on Causeway Coast and Glens Council – a seat left vacant by the sudden passing of long standing Councillor Barney Fitzpatrick earlier this month. Selected by local Alliance members at a special meeting on Tuesday night (May 29) at Portstewart Town Hall, Chris […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has said a plea from leading business groups for the Secretary of State to put in place measures in the absence of devolution reflect Alliance proposals to return power-sharing. A letter from organisations including the CBI, Manufacturing NI, Retail NI and the Freight Transport Association among others to Karen Bradley said […]
Alliance Deputy Leader and Brexit Spokesperson Stephen Farry met with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and other senior Commission officials in Brussels on Monday, where a number of serious issues were discussed. Speaking after the meeting, Stephen Farry MLA said: “Today was an important opportunity for Alliance to further engage with key decision makers and […]
Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has condemned a burglary in his constituency in which a woman was tied to a bath. The female, in her 50s, was robbed by three men at the property in the Paisley Road area of Carrickfergus on Saturday just before midnight. She had her wrists bound with cable ties […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA will meet tomorrow (Monday) with EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier and other senior Commission officials in Brussels to further set out how a special Brexit deal for Northern Ireland has cross-community support. “Alliance is pleased to have this formal opportunity to further set out our position on Brexit,” he […]
Paula Bradshaw MLA has welcomed the early indications of a vote for overturning the abortion ban in the south. Exit polls indicate a landslide vote in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment to the Irish constitution, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar saying a reform of the law could be on the books by the end of […]
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Alliance Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong is to chair a forum seeking to address sustainable access solutions for staff and patients, and car parking issues around the Ards Hospital site. Ms Armstrong was named as the Chair of the South-Eastern Health and Social Care Trust Multi-Agency Transport Forum following its first meeting last Friday (May 18). […]